Colin -

You will get some excellent responses here at APC for some real experts with a lot of experience; but I'll start it off.

You do not need to graduate from a certain "well known and respected flight school" in order to get a job.

You should not spend $150,000 to get your ratings. You can get the same thing from a local FBO.

You should enjoy your college experience. I would go as far to say that if you are not enjoying your experience at your present school, then it is only going to get tougher as time goes on (the flying, the studying, the social life, etc...) You will not be as good of a pilot as you're capable of if you are miserable the whole time learning.

Getting a degree in something else other than Aviation seems to be the general concensus on the forum - and as I said - lots of smart/experienced people have advocated the same.

USMCFLYR